Satisfy a few to please many is bad.
The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below even the poet.
Secrecy is for the happy,--misery, hopeless misery, needs no veil; under a thousand suns it dares act openly.
I follow my heart, for I can trust it.
There is a nobility in the world of manners.
Even in a righteous cause force is a fearful thing.